to participate in any way in what they were saying. I wasn't positive whether or not they got a pleasure out of behaving in this way, but even if they did,

t sitting posture for the w

ner that it shouldn't have. Duko's hand slid in a way that it shouldn't have. At one point, his fingers slid through

ably, so I had no choice but to tilt my head to

o, and it didn't take me long to figure out why. The whole time

r towards his brother. Other times, however, they would remain fixated on me

which would have been wonderful to do bu

had taught, there were three students

icular class where I was beginning t

urther harassment at the hands of Duko. One of the worst aspects of the situation was that Lovel and her friends regularly embarrassed me i

t the gym. After that, for the next twenty-five to thirty days, we

to playing sports. And I know this is going to sound stupid, but it seeme

her Duko or Lowell, so I decided to go with that. I was completely unpr

laying volleyball and putting up with Lovel's angry remarks or playing basketball and

go with the cutting comm

ed me in the medium size, but the only shorts in the siz

My shorts kept running up on my thighs, and in my opinion, they looked like they were on the edge of ripping at any given moment. It

een minutes without being struck by the volleyball un

t put the ball back into play. I was prepared for the impact since I was a

ground. As my head bounced back and forth, I heard a horrible crunch as it connected with the linoleum floor

doing okay? The familiar sound of Faolan

d me to my feet and extended her hand out f

woke up in the morning, despite the fact that I was going to

I ran my fingers over the side of my head, checkin

instead. She was having a good time with another one of the women when she saw that I was

y teeth together and then responded to

d stopped playing basketball, I got the idea that it wou

ngsters in the room, my attention wa